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Non-repeating string of consonant-vowel pairs (Alexis F.)
What is... variegated babbling
Around what age are protowords formed? (Alaina S.)
what is... 9ish mos!
Bundle of nerve fibers that connects Broca's area to Wernicke's area (Nik Z)
what is... the arcuate fasiculus
The cranial nerve responsible for speech muscle control, soft palate movement, and tongue retraction (Delaney F)
what is... trigeminal nerve
True or false: 2-3 yo children should be producing marginal babbling to communicate wants and needs (Olivia C)
what is... false!
Part of the neuron that is responsible for gathering info from other neurons (Morgan M)
what is... dendrites
Stage of vocalization that is characterized by turn-taking, marginal babbling, isolated vowel sounds, vocal glides... (Abby W)
what is... expansion
The main function of Wernicke's area (Jonathan T)
what is... language comprehension
Around what age do children begin to imitate facial movements (thanks to mirror neurons) (Olivia S)
WHat is a primary function of the glossopharyngeal nerve? (Lauren W)
what is... swallowing
What is... the thalamus
By 24–36 months, children use language to express time concepts like “yesterday, tell personal stories, and discuss events that have already happened. This type of language is called what?
What is... decontextualized language
By 18–24 months, children begin combining words and developing sentence structures. This marks the beginning of which language component?
what is... syntax
Around 8–12 months, infants understand that an object continues to exist even when it’s out of sight. This is a cognitive skill known as what?
what is... object permanence
Reduplicated babbling (like “ma ma ma”) and variegated babbling (like “da ma goo”) emerge during this stage of vocalization.
What is... the basic canonical syllables stage (5–10 months)
The reflexive stage (0–2 months) includes these types of sounds (list three!)
what are... burping, coughing, crying, sneezing, grunting, whining, fussing
Infants show a preference for their maternal parent's face over unfamiliar faces by this age.
what is... 4 days old!!!
Vocabulary growth happens both through incidental learning and deliberate learning. Which type happens naturally through exposure and context?
What is... incidental learning
As children develop vocabulary and semantic knowledge, sometimes they change a schema to fit new information. This is called...
what is... accommodation
The ability to mentally (rather than physically) engage through actions or events, emerging around 18–24 months is known as what?
what is... representational thought
Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a word. What’s the process of measuring average morphemes per utterance called?
The phrase “I eated it” is an example of what morphological phenomenon?
what is... overgeneralization
True or false: Children learn how to understand use all pronouns around the same time.
what is... false! For example, "I, my, me" are mastered around 31–34 months (about 2½ years)
What is the term for children’s tendency to think each object has only one name—common between 17–22 months?
what is... mutual exclusivity bias
A child says "Where sissy, momma?" is an example of what type of syntax? (interrogative? imperative? negative?)
what is... interrogative